by The skipper of the western armed forces, Jeremy Williams, admitted that he had no idea about the extension rules after his team had fled the Wellington Hurricanes with a vibrant 17-17 Golden-Point Super Rugby Unthe.
In a physical collision in Perth on Saturday, the Canes came down at the break of nine points to lead three too late.
But Force tied the scores through a Ben Donaldson penalty of 79 minutes to set up an extension.
According to the Super Rugby rules, a gold point period up to 10 minutes is played with the first team to explain the winner.
Although Wallabies Lock Williams played the game since 2019, he said that he had two periods of 10 minutes.
“I actually had no idea. I thought there were two halves,” he said.
“I had never been to an extension game before, so I didn’t really know the rules or how the kind of things works.”
The rules say that the referee turns a coin before the extension to decide which team and on which side of the field they play.
Despite Williams’ lack of understanding, he led the strength to part of the prey.
But only after a dramatic finale when Hurricane Ruben Ruben Love’s drop-goal attempt bounced off the post when the siren continued after the added time.
“It hurts, but that’s just because the boys worked so hard and did a lot of good things,” said Force coach Simon Cron that they didn’t win.
“The boys take care of winning, they work very hard and that’s why it hurts me.
“But what a great learning. In the pressure moments, the boys raned each other. They took care of it. There are many great things that these boys have done in the last 10 minutes in this field, and a bunch can also learn from the game.”
The draw at fifth place at the 11-team manager, one in front of the NSW Waratahs and one behind the red of Queensland to keep their search for a Maiden final alive.
The defeat left the sticks in seventh place, with six rounds of the regular season to be played.
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